world war one what are the results of the war?. american expeditionary force led by john j. pershing...
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World War One
What are the results of the war?
American Expeditionary Force
• Led by John J. Pershing• 2 million soldiers sent to fight• Used “convoy” system to win– What is a convoy?
• First troops arrived June 1917• Had a parade in Paris
A change of pace. . .• Russia came under new government and Vladimir Lenin
took control• Communism – economic and political system based on the
idea that social classes and the right to private property should be eliminated
• Based on the ideas of German Karl Marx• March 1918 – Russia pulls out of the war and signs
agreement with Germany• Gave Germany strength in the war and hurt the Allies• Germany ran out of supplies and men – wanted an
armistice based on Wilson’s Fourteen Points
End of War
• Called an armistice– Armistice Day
• November 11, 1918 - 11:00 a.m.– “11th month, 11th day, 11th hour . . .
NOW CALLED
14 points
• President Woodrow Wilson • Get rid of secret international agreements• Freedom of the seas• Freedom of trade• Reduce world’s military forces• Set-up an international peace keeping
association
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The Big Four• These guys met to discuss the 14 points
• United States– President Wilson
• France– Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau
• Britain– Prime Minister David Lloyd George
• Italy– Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando
– The others did NOT agree with Wilson’s peaceful plan
Treaty of Versailles• Germans were responsible for the war– Forced to claim responsibility
• Limits on German military– Made them downsize their numbers
• Reparation payments – Money that a defeated nation must pay for causing destruction
in war• Germany loses land• Create international peace keeping organization called the
League of Nations
Major Territory Changes• Austria-Hungary collapses– Austria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia
• Yugoslavia created– Serbia & Balkan people
• Poland declares independence• Allies split up Germany’s African colonies• Ottoman Empire gone– Turkey created
• Formation of the Soviet Union
Conclusion• The U.S. NEVER ratifies the Treaty of Versailles• The U.S. NEVER joins the League of Nations
• Return to isolationism• Lower involvement in world trade